Originally Posted by Semisane

I wish they would do a little clear cutting on our lease. Our plantation pines are getting tall and thick. Deer densities will be going down hill until the trees are thinned.

Down here in the deep South a three month old clear cut is prime habitat with thigh high brush, and stays prime for the next five to seven years. After that the Loblolly pines are tall enough to begin shading out the undergrowth and things get worse as they grow taller. The brush isn't easy to hunt, but holds a lot of deer.

As for the noise and disruption of a cutting operation, our deer hang back a few hundred yards from the cutting operation. A half hour after the logging crew shuts down for the day the deer move into the cutting area to browse the broken off tree tops.